Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 1991, 3:10 PM CDT for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 1991, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 1991, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Haskell, OK |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 24, 9:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
935 AM CDT THU OCT 24 1991
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
133 AM CREEK DRUMRIGHT P.D. REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS IN
DRUMRIGHT
318 AM TULSA NICKEL SIZE HAIL 66TH ST N AND HWY 75 IN NORTHERN
TULSA CO.
745 AM TULSA NICKEL SIZE HAIL 122ND ST S IN SOUTHEASTERN TULSA
CO.
752 AM TULSA 8 DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND IN
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA CO.
754 AM WAGONER NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN EASTERN BROKEN ARROW
.
900 AM TULSA 3/4 INCH HAIL 121ST STREET SOUTH IN SOUTHERN TULSA CO.Special weather statement, Oct 24, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
OKZ028>033-241530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1015 AM CDT THU OCT 24 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. AT 1000 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MIAMI TO WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF OKMULGEE AND BETWEEN PRYOR... TAHLEQUAH...AND PORTER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE ST<ORMS PASS AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
OKC061-077-091-101-121-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1126 AM CDT THU OCT 24 1991 ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING NEAR LAKE EUFAULA... AT 1120 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST OF MCALESTER NORTHEAST TO NEAR STILWELL. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL REPORTS ENDING AT 7AM THIS MORNING INDICATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN MOVING THROUGH THIS AREA LATE THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKE EUFAULA AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP TUNEDh TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Oct 24, 2:32 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
230 PM CDT THU OCT 24 1991
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
1240 PM PITTSBURG GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT QUINTON...FROM QUINTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1254 PM PITTSBURG 1 INCH HAIL IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG
COUNTY.
110 PM HASKELL SHERIFFS UNITS REPORT CYCLONIC CLOUD ROTATION
GETTING CLOSE TO GROUND JUhST SOUTH OF KINTA.
116 PM HASKELL SHERIFFS UNITS REPORT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH
DEBRIS BETWEEN KINTA AND LEQUIRE.Local storm report, Oct 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 240 PM CDT THU OCT 24 1991 TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT 110 PM HASKELL GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR KINTA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Oct 24, 2:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 61 min |
| Oct 24, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 45 min |
| Oct 24, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 57 min |
| Oct 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 58 min |
| Oct 24, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 42 min |
| Oct 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 55 min |
| Oct 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 42 min |
| Oct 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 55 min |
| Oct 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 62 min |
| Oct 24, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 60 min |
| Oct 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 56 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.